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Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot

Alaska rates for HCPCS 84437

Measures thyroxine, the main hormone made by the thyroid gland, in blood that has been dried onto a filter paper card. The sample has to be soaked back out of the paper before it can be measured. This is the form used for newborn screening, where a few drops from a heel prick are collected on a card.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Hormone From A Dried Blood Spot cost?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.50$10.96 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$7.08 to $7.08

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $31Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $26
$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $19

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$20.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$41.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$51.29

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 24th of 51

$7.08

NE $15.49DC $4.79

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.